KTOO News Update

Traffic continues to ove along Egan Drive on Monday morning, March 13, 2017, in downtown Juneau. (Photo courtesy Tripp J Crouse)

Newscast – Tuesday, March 14, 2017

KTOO's midday newscast for Tuesday, March 14, 2017. In this newscast: the City and Borough of Juneau preps for a budget with more belt tightening, a fourth Iditarod dog dies, lawyers for Alaska man charged in the Ft. Lauderdale shooting rampage in January say their client has mental illnesses but can stand trial, and there's more snow in the local forecast with high avalanche risk.

Snow collects on abandoned belongings at a campsite above downtown Juneau on March 3, 2017. AJT Mining Properties evicted its occupants in February. Homeless people have few legal camping options in the winter. (Photo Jacob Resneck/KTOO)

Newscast – Thursday, March 9, 2017

KTOO's midday newscast for Thursday, March 9, 2017. In this newscast: Juneau leaders look into more options for helping the homeless get through winter ahead of the anti-camping ordinance taking effect, the state health commissioner reacts to federal proposals to shift health care costs back to the states, and Alaska's U.S. senators push back against big cuts to the Coast Guard's budget in President Donald Trump's proposed budget.

Visitors stop by the new waterfront visitor center in Juneau in 2012. Roughly 1 million people visit Juneau by cruise ship each summer.

Newscast – Tuesday, March 7, 2017

KTOO's midday newscast for Tuesday, March 7, 2017. In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly exempts cruise ship sales in port from the city's sales tax and tees up more money for fighting a cruise ship industry lawsuit, Alaska Fish & Game issues an emergency order blocking king salmon sport fishing in the area and cancelling Juneau's Annual Spring King Salmon Derby, and Gov. Bill Walker introduces a bill aimed at curbing opioid abuse and overdoses.

An avalanche down this ridge outside the Eaglecrest Ski Area boundary facing the parking lot caught one skier on Saturday, March 4, 2017. The skier was injured. (Photo courtesy Mikko Wilson)

Newscast – Monday, March 6, 2017

KTOO's midday newscast for Monday, March 6, 2017. In this newscast: A body is found in Gastineau Channel, a lone skier who hiked to an out-of-boundaries mountain gets caught in an avalanche, Rep. Ivy Spohnholz calls for more price transparency in common health care procedures, and the Alaska Trauma System reporters a significant increase in intentional firearm injuries.

Newscast – Thursday, March 2, 2017

KTOO's midday newscast for Thursday, March 2, 2017. In this newscast: House lawmakers hear public testimony largely opposed to a new oil and gas tax overhaul, the National Weather Service expects 6 to 10 inches of snow to accumulate in the area, and many of Ketchikan's wastewater systems aren't meeting federal water quality standards.

Newscast – Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017

KTOO's midday newscast for Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. In this newscast, a Jewish center in Anchorage and around the country are hit with bomb threats, street improvements are underway on South Franklin Street in Juneau, and the FCC approves 100 percent foreign ownership of KINY's parent company.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to a Joint Session of the Alaska Legislature, Feb. 22, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)

Newscast – Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017

KTOO's midday newscast for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. In this newscast, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski discusses her views of the Trump presidency, a new push to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil development, and the Coast Guard moves ahead with design study contracts for new heavy polar icebreakers.